Cinema Femme’s Top 10 Films of 2025
I often think about a particular scene from the second series of “Fleabag” as the year draws to a close. Kristin Scott Thomas’s character, Belinda, is at a bar with the show’s titular heroine (Phoebe Waller-Bridge) after winning an award. Their discussion, however, steers away from her esteemed accomplishment and instead focuses on menopause, celebrating […]
Sundance 2025: Dea Kulumbegashvili on “April”
One of the great honors I had at this year’s Sundance Film Festival was the time I got to spend with Georgian filmmaker Dea Kulumbegashvili. We spoke about the genius of her second feature, “April,” which premiered in the Spotlight section at Sundance 2025, and her experience of making the picture while being pregnant and giving birth during […]
Sundance 2025: “April,” “The Ugly Stepsister,” and “Are You Scared to Be Yourself Because You Think That You Might Fail?”
It’s Saturday, January 25th and today is my last day at my first in-person Sundance Film Festival. Writing from a sardined high top table at Atticus, where yesterday I met Conan O’Brien, the window’s view shows an endless barrage of snow accumulating outside. Skiers and film fans are trying not to slip. My salted maple […]